Adze

Object Number:

2013-18-8

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Federated States of MicronesiaMortlock IslandsLekinioch

Section:

Oceanian

Materials:

WoodShell (uncertain)Fiber Cord

Description:

Augur shell adze blade, lashed to a crude wooden handle to show the collector how this kind of blade would have been hafted. Such adzes were used in canoe building. Made for the collector by Kokore, of Wonip Village, Tol.